European consumer organisations are dismayed at yesterday’s vote by Member States adopting a new layout for the well-known A-G Energy Label. The decision is all the more unacceptable considering that this new layout has not been tested for consumer understanding. Yesterday’s vote is a clear step backwards for consumers who want to buy more energy efficient household appliances and will undo all the progress made over the last 15 years in building up consumers’ confidence in the Energy Label.

New International Report Details Ethanol’s Improving Environmental Benefits Warns Against Policy Making that Ignores Future Innovations

March 31, 2009 - Ottawa – The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) will be hosting a media conference call on Wednesday, April 1 at 10:30 a.m. EST with the author of a new report from the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Bioenergy Task 39 on the carbon profile of ethanol.

European transport operators, enforcement bodies and regulators call for an end to the mosaic of national control practices undermining the efficiency of EU road transport.

Today the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee voted on the Recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) proposal, taking the Parliament a significant step further towards adopting a first reading before the June elections.

EUREAU is the European federation of national associations of drinking water suppliers and waste water services. EUREAU’s members represent more than 10.000 drinking water & waste water utilities across Europe that provide sustainable water services to more than 400 million European citizens.

“EUREAU recognises that the EEA Report brings some very crucial questions on the light and would like to ensure the public opinion and the policy makers that the water operators are not only aware about the problems but are already very actively tackling them”, said the Federation.